Contents
A Brief Introduction
1. Why are Word Lists Useful in Language Learning?
2. How Serious is Our Students’ Lexical Gap?
3. A Timeline of the AWL
4. Which Words are on The AWL?
5. How Were the 570 Word Families of the AWL Selected?
6. How do Other Word Lists Differ from the AW?
7. Using Vocabulary Notebooks
8. Ten Classroom Suggestions for Using Academic Word Lists
9. Where do We Go from Here?
Bibliography